Variable amplitude fatigue of spot welds

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1187-1197

  Henrysson, H F ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crack closure; Fatigue; Spot welds; Variable amplitude

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOAD TESTING; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CRACK CLOSURE; CRACK OPENING LEVEL; SPOT WELDS; VARIABLE AMPLITUDE FATIGUE;

WELDS;

EID: 0036955686     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2002.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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